First Dance Recital!

A few days before the recital, our girl was just so anxious… she didn’t eat well, she didn’t sleep well and she would scratch her chin uncontrollably (something she does when she is stressing over something). We tried to calm her down but it was no use. I have never seen or heard of a child being so anxious. The morning of the recital she was just super nervous  :o(

 New book for her collection!

Getting ready…

 Trying to calm those nerves down a bit...

Waiting backstage…

But our girl is a tough cookie, she may be super nervous but when it comes down to it she steps up to the plate and gives her best. Words can’t describe how proud we are of her. She never stops surprising us. We were sure she was going to freeze or just not even show but guess what? She showed up, she remember all the steps and she did awesome!

Waiting for her turn behind the curtains…

Anxiously waiting to see our girl dance!

 Yay, She did it! 

And then… she fell asleep in my arms :o)

She was the only one from her group at the end of the show and she surprised us by dancing with the girls… she never practiced for the dance but she followed the big girls and she did so good, you would think she practiced for it! We are in awe… this girl is the best!

 

Then we took her to get her favorite for dinner (Applebee’s…nothing like a grilled cheese sandwich after all that stress!) 

A few more presents and a few more pictures :o)

 The light of our lives! She takes our breath away!

So very proud!